Analytical Thinking Job Trends in the South East

Analytical Thinking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 277 256
Rank change year-on-year +73 -21 +28
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 66 29 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.64% 0.32% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.37% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 21 26 19
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £67,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -22.22% +21.08% -7.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Analytical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in the South East

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the South East

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +26 29 £65,000 +14.04% 17
Oxfordshire +33 17 £92,500 +37.04% 4
Kent 0 15 - - 6
Middlesex - 8 - -
Buckinghamshire +9 6 £65,000 - 2
Berkshire -6 6 £65,000 +85.71% 11
Hampshire +29 5 £37,500 -62.50% 4
Surrey +4 5 - - 5
West Sussex - 3 £56,750 - 6
East Sussex +7 1 £85,000 +25.93% 2
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.58%) IIS
2 1 (1.52%) Kinematics
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Adobe XD
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.52%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.21%) Azure
2 12 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 10 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (10.61%) AWS
6 5 (7.58%) Snowflake
7 4 (6.06%) SaaS
8 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.03%) Figma
8 2 (3.03%) Google Analytics
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.52%) Datadog
9 1 (1.52%) dbt
9 1 (1.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) GSM
1 2 (3.03%) LTE
2 1 (1.52%) HTTP
2 1 (1.52%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) Power BI
2 6 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 6 (9.09%) Tableau
3 5 (7.58%) Big Data
3 5 (7.58%) Data Mining
3 5 (7.58%) Hadoop
3 5 (7.58%) NoSQL
3 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.52%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Looker
4 1 (1.52%) MySQL
4 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Axure RP
1 2 (3.03%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.52%) Git
General
1 66 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.24%) Finance
4 10 (15.15%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (12.12%) Marketing
6 6 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 5 (7.58%) Law
7 5 (7.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (6.06%) Retail
9 2 (3.03%) Automotive
9 2 (3.03%) Electronics
9 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (22.73%) Analyst
2 13 (19.70%) Lead
3 10 (15.15%) IT Analyst
4 9 (13.64%) Software Manager
5 8 (12.12%) Governance Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) IT Governance Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Product Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Project Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Project Governance Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Senior
6 5 (7.58%) Data Science Manager
6 5 (7.58%) Senior Manager
7 4 (6.06%) Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Business Architect
8 3 (4.55%) Marketing Specialist
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Technology Specialist
9 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) Play Framework
2 4 (6.06%) JSON
2 4 (6.06%) Web Services
2 4 (6.06%) XML
3 2 (3.03%) CSS
3 2 (3.03%) HTML
4 1 (1.52%) Middleware
4 1 (1.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 9 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.58%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.55%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.03%) IoT
6 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (42.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (37.88%) Agile
3 23 (34.85%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (31.82%) Roadmaps
4 21 (31.82%) Strategic Thinking
5 18 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (24.24%) AI
7 14 (21.21%) Process Improvement
7 14 (21.21%) Technology Strategy
8 13 (19.70%) Coaching
9 12 (18.18%) DevOps
9 12 (18.18%) E-Commerce
9 12 (18.18%) ERP
9 12 (18.18%) Mentoring
10 11 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
10 11 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (16.67%) Waterfall
11 10 (15.15%) Analytics
11 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) Python
2 8 (12.12%) SQL
3 6 (9.09%) R
4 5 (7.58%) Java
4 5 (7.58%) Scala
5 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (22.73%) Degree
2 9 (13.64%) ACCA
3 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.58%) Master's Degree
4 5 (7.58%) MBA
4 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.76%) PMO
2 11 (16.67%) QA
3 5 (7.58%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Ansible
1 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Xero
2 7 (10.61%) Databricks
3 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.58%) BT
5 2 (3.03%) Adobe
5 2 (3.03%) Google
5 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (1.52%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.52%) Informatica
6 1 (1.52%) NVIDIA